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SUMMARY:Malory's Magic Book: King Arthur in Children's Literature - Elly M
 cCausland\,  University of Oslo.
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CONTACT:Ann Waterman
DESCRIPTION:From the time when the writer J.T. Knowles first adapted Thoma
 s Malory's Morte Darthur for a juvenile audience in 1862\, there has been 
 a strong connection between children and the Arthurian legend. Between 186
 2 and 1980\, in Britain and America\, numerous adaptations of the Morte we
 re produced for a young audience\, participating in cultural dialogues rel
 ating to the medieval\, literary heritage\, masculine development\, risk\,
  adventure and mental health through their reworking of the narrative.\n\n
 Covering texts by J.T. Knowles\, Sidney Lanier\, Howard Pyle\, T.H. White\
 , Roger Lancelyn Green\, Alice Hadfield\, John Steinbeck and Susan Cooper\
 , among others\, this volume explores how books for children frequently be
 come books about children\, and consequently books about the contiguity an
 d separation of the adult and the child. Against the backdrop of Victorian
  medievalism\, imperialism\, the rise of child psychology and two world wa
 rs\, the diverse ways in which Malory's text has been altered with a child
  reader in mind reveals changing ideas regarding the relevance of King Art
 hur\, and the complex relationship between authors and their imagined juve
 nile readers. It reveals the profoundly fantasised figures behind literary
  representations of childhood\, and the ways in which Malory's timeless ta
 le\, and the figure of King Arthur\, have inspired and shaped these fantas
 ies.\n\nElly McCausland is Senior Lecturer in British and American literat
 ure at the University of Oslo.\n
LOCATION:MAB 104\, Mary Allan Building\, Homerton College\, Hills Road\, C
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